Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

With the support of nearly one million rounds of bullets a month from the arsenal, the territory of our base continued to expand, and a large number of armed work teams appeared in the rural areas of many large cities in Shanxi Province.

The armed work team members were usually divided into teams of twenty people. Their main weapons were side-loading Mauser pistols, box pistols, Hanyang rifles and old sleeve rifles, and of course a large number of homemade grenades.

The main thing is to harass the enemy continuously, take the initiative to attack and tie down the enemy's manpower, leaving the Japanese with no time to take care of other things.

In fact, there is no need to achieve great results. As long as we kill five Japanese devils every month and form 500 armed work teams, we can wipe out an enemy regiment in a month.

Moreover, in order to maintain public order in their jurisdiction, the Japanese needed at least three times more troops to defend the area, which tied up more than 30,000 enemy troops at once.

This tactic actually existed a long time ago, but our military production was very weak before, and the weapons and ammunition we barely produced were not enough to provide to the main force. There was no extra equipment at all to form armed work teams behind enemy lines.

But things are different now. The arsenal can now produce about 1,200 Mauser pistols a month, and a portion of them can be allocated to provide to the armed work team to enhance the team's firepower output.

In addition, during this period, a large number of weapons and equipment of the Japanese were seized. In addition, the country was able to produce more than 4000 Ma Sihuan rifles, which was enough to provide large-scale support to the guerrillas in the enemy-occupied areas.

In fact, many of people's ideas have changed now. In the past, the more troops there were, the better. This was mainly due to the shortage of bullets. They could only rely on numbers and close combat with swords at night, and the casualties were extremely heavy in every battle.

But things are a little different now. With the support of weapons and ammunition produced monthly by the arsenal, the plan to unify ammunition is being slowly implemented.

The main force's rifles are all Type 38 rifles, equipped with some Mazda 4 rifles. This is mainly because a large number of Japanese weapons were seized during this period, so they can carry out local and limited replacement of weapons and equipment.

A general basic regiment has some Type 38 rifles, some Hanyang rifles and a very small number of Ma Sihuan rifles. As for the old sleeve rifles, those even older rifles, even swords, spears and muskets, they have all been cleared out of the troops.

After all, cold weapons such as swords and spears have little effect on the battlefield. There was no way to deal with them before, but now that we have the conditions, they will definitely not remain in the regular army.

The equipment replaced by these main forces was basically handed over to local militia to improve their ability to defend their hometowns, or at least to prevent a few Japanese devils from robbing the village.

There are also those puppet soldiers who bully the weak and fear the strong. If there are enough weapons in the village, they can also deter those traitors and traitors.

After this transformation, the number of main forces did not change, but the actual combat effectiveness was improved by two levels. Our ace troops, such as the regular infantry regiments, the independent regiment, the new 1st regiment, etc., were able to fight the Japanese on equal terms with the same number of people.

In addition, the Japanese in Shanxi Province suffered heavy losses some time ago, with the total losses amounting to more than 30,000 people, which can be considered a serious blow to their vitality.

The enemy's First Army commander, Yoshio Shinozuka, followed the advice of the Fourth Division commander and withdrew his forces across the board, focusing on defending important cities and transportation lines, and abandoning all small strongholds deep in our base.

As for the reason, Division Commander Matsui would definitely not tell Commander Shinozuka that fighting and killing all day long has seriously affected the efficiency of their Osaka Merchant Corps in making money.

At the same time, our troops will also take the initiative to attack, basically making the Japanese First Army too busy to take care of themselves and have no energy to take care of the affairs of the arsenal in the heart of the base.

Kong Hao saw that Minister Zhang had misunderstood, and hurriedly said with a smile:

"Commander, it's actually not a big deal."

"This is what I think. The scale of the arsenal is getting bigger and bigger, but the target is also getting bigger. With so many people gathered together, the risk of being discovered by the Japanese will also increase greatly."

In fact, Minister Zhang had considered this issue a long time ago, but it was extremely difficult to implement.

Industrialized production requires industries to be gathered together. Otherwise, if the distance is too far, transportation will be very troublesome, which will greatly affect production efficiency.

Many large machines require electricity, and their only hydroelectric power station is right next to the arsenal, which means that many important factories can only be located here for production.

Fortunately, the Japanese have not made any major moves at the moment, so it is relatively safe here.

"Xiao Kong, I would like to hear your opinion on this matter?"

"Minister Zhang, this is what I think. The weapons and ammunition production lines, as well as other factories that require electricity, should be kept at the arsenal, and other less important ones can be dispersed to other places."

"For example, in a bicycle factory, apart from a few key pieces of equipment, everything else can be produced and assembled elsewhere, and the same is true for some less important factories."

"Although the output will be lower, it will also disperse the risks and reduce the defensive pressure on our troops."

"Also, the grenade workshop can be relocated. The arsenal will only be responsible for producing high-performance explosives and ignition devices. The rest can be dispersed to various bases for production nearby. The same goes for the furnaces."

"I hope that in the future the Arsenal will set up multiple R&D departments to develop various advanced weapons and industrial equipment to enhance the overall industrial strength of each base."

After listening to Kong Hao's plan, Minister Zhang was very happy. In fact, these ideas coincided with those of the heads of the headquarters, but what the heads wanted was to diversify the risks, while Kong Hao not only wanted to diversify the risks, but also took this opportunity to develop the industrial strength of the major bases.

"Xiao Kong, I absolutely support what you said. In fact, the leaders wanted to say it before, but there was never a good opportunity."

"By the way, Minister Zhang, I have one more thing to tell you. I brought back several sets of thermal power generation equipment from abroad, as well as a lot of factory equipment. They will be shipped back to China soon. I will try to get them back then."

Upon hearing this news, Minister Kong immediately exclaimed:

“Xiao Kong, it’s incredible that your family can actually ship things back from abroad.”

"But now all the ports along the Chinese coast are occupied by the Japanese. Even if we have good things, we can't bring them in."

However, after hearing this, Kong Hao said mysteriously:

"Minister Zhang, don't worry. I'm using Sandezi's channel. They are allies of the Japanese and won't investigate. But we can only ship it to big cities. We need to figure out the rest ourselves."

"Xiao Kong, you actually have a connection with that place, this is incredible."

"Minister Zhang, my family is a family of merchants. Merchants abroad have no borders and can go anywhere."

"But merchants also have their own motherland. All my family members have always adhered to the ancestral teachings and always remembered that they are descendants of Yan and Huang. They have never forgotten this for hundreds of years."